Apple Spice Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, unsalted, room temperature
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
• 1/8 teaspoon clove, ground
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup apple cider or 1/4 cup apple juice
• 2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1 cup apple, peeled, cored, chopped
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped
• apple frosting (at the end of the directions)

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 375. (you may wish to grease the cookie sheets. i do not as i have found mine release nicely after the cookies have rested as the sheet cools a minute or two).
• 2 in a large bowl beat the butter on a medium speed for about 1 minute.
• 3 add granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and cloves. beat until well combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
• 4 beat in egg and apple juice until combined.
• 5 beat in as much flour as your mixer will allow. if the mixer bogs down, add remaining flour with a wooden spoon.
• 6 add apples and walnuts.
• 7 drop dough by rounded teaspoons about 2 inches apart. bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are a light brown. cool cookies on the sheets for 1-2 minutes. transfer to cooling racks to cool completely. frost.
• 8 apple frosting:.
• 9 in a large mixing bowl beat 4 cups of powdered sugar; 1/4 cup butter (softened); 1 teaspoon vanilla; and enough apple cider (3-4 tablespoons) to a consistency of your liking.
• 10 layer cookies between sheets of parchement or waxed paper. at room temperature these will keep 3-4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.